Esch Bill Criticized In Railway Age After Strike
The Railway Age condemns the Esch bill passed by the House as weak and even vicious in parts. It targets labor wage controls by freezing conditions set by the Railroad Administration and requires employer assent to any wage changes, risking perpetual inflexibility across railroads. The piece notes a failed attempt to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate rates for public interest and urges Senate likely changes for improvement.
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House of Representatives
Railway Age
New York
Railroad Administration
United States Railroad Administration
Board of Adjustment
Railroad
United States
Hsch
Interstate Commerce Commission
R. R
Commission
Senate
Congress
Conference Committee
Hindman Named Prohibition Director for State
Washington Dec 6 Wayne W Hindman of Clarion Pa is appointed Federal prohibition director for the state by Commissioner of Internal Revenue Roper Hindman takes over duties in the state under the federal prohibition enforcement program and will report to the internal revenue service authorities in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wayne W. Hindman
Clarion, Pa
Commissioner of
Internal Revenue Roper
Pennsylvania Crops Survey Shows 1919 Acreage Details
A joint survey by the U S and Pennsylvania Agriculture Departments reports that in 1919 Pennsylvania farmers cultivated 8 318 475 acres excluding orchards and similar land With reports from about 20 000 assessors the data show declines in corn buckwheat potatoes and hay gains in spring wheat oats and tobacco and a substantial rise in winter wheat to 1 637 684 acres and spring wheat to 26 229 acres County leaders align with crops such as Lancaster in winter wheat and Lehigh in potatoes Tobacco leads in Lancaster while Bradford and Tioga show high oats and buckwheat figures Counties like Westmoreland and Allegheny appear prominently in oats and vegetables data.
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United States
Pennsylvania
State Departments of Agriculture
Lancaster
York
Franklin
Cumberland
Adams
Chester
Bucks
Washington
Westmoreland
Jefferson
Allegheny
Bradford
Clarion
Tioga
Corn — Lancaster
Berks
Montgomery
Rye
Indiana
Monroe
Lehigh
Bedford
Somerset
Crawford
Mercer
Erie
Lebanon
Jurliata
Clinton
Timothy and Clover
Northampton
Fayette
Luzerne
Philadelphia
Turkeys on Way to U S Soldiers in Rhineland
American troops along the Rhine and in Siberia will receive Christmas provisions from the War Department. The steamship Mercury carried 30,000 pounds of fresh turkey and related foods to Antwerp for U S forces in Germany, plus 2,400 cars of pumpkin and sweet potatoes and other supplies. The Red Cross will distribute socks, chocolate, tobacco, canned goods, and hygiene items on Christmas Day, with similar aid planned for Siberia and for men in the United States.
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Washington
Rhine
Siberia
War Department
Mercury
New York
Antwerp
Germany
Red Cross
France
The
Committee Favors Higher Army Pay Bill
The Senate military affairs committee approved a 10 percent pay raise for army navy and marine corps officers and a 20 percent rise for enlisted personnel including apprentice seamen and back privates earning under 33 dollars a month. Coast Guard and other services and army nurses receive the same increases. The plan, aligning with the Crago bill, would cost about 59 million dollars yearly.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Coast Guard
Public Heart Service
Mine Planter Service
Quartermaster Corps
Senate
Palmer Drops Southern Pacific Oil Land Appeals
Washington December 6 The government will not appeal to the Supreme Court in a bid to seize 162000 acres of oil and mineral lands from Southern Pacific Railroad in California Assistant Attorney General Nebeker said the Elk Hills 6000 acre fraud case explains the difference The road initially offered the land for sale as agricultural land and the government found no fraud in the six combined cases
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Washington
Supreme Court
Southern Pacific Railroad
California
Nebeker
Public Lands Division
Department of Justice
Southern Pacific
Elk Hills
Harrisburg Man Promoted To Birmingham Steel Manager
Charles L. Downie, grandson of J. R. Miller of 1316 North Sixth Street, has been named manager of the Birmingham Steel Corporation in Alabama. The 17 acre plant cost 1 million dollars to build and houses modern machinery. Downie previously served as assistant chief engineer with Baltimore Bridge Works and oversaw export trade for over ten years, aligning with the companys Latin American trade aims.
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Charles L. Downie
J. R. Miller
North Sixth Street
Birmingham Steel Corporation
Birmingham
Ala
Mexico
Baltimore Bridge Works
Baltimore
Downie
Fishes Church Poor Box With a Corset Rib
New York December 6 A Brooklyn church theft led to John Perino arraignment for petty larceny after being found with twenty eight pennies and a corset rib by the St Bernard church sexton He faced $2000 bail and had recently served a prison term for robbing another Brooklyn church The India bill passed the House of Commons granting India self government.
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New York
St. Bernard's Church
Brooklyn
John Perino
Manhattan
St. Mary's Star of the Sea Church
Court and
Luquer Streets
Middletown Social and Property Changes Noted
The Middletown Playing Band will meet at Samuel Reitzel's home on High Street this evening. Robert Fornwall bought the Horst property on Race Street past William Clouser. Mrs Charles Schell hosted an oyster supper at George Etter's home with attendees including Miss Lockard Huel Schell Mrs Behman Mrs Schell Houser Etters and others. Charles Whitman and Sons bought the McNair block on Union Street. Girl Scouts met in the Lutheran parish house and Ladies Aid Society gathered at Mrs W Troop on Pine Street. Fornwall sold Pine Street plot to Jacob Wise of North Union Street.
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Middletown
Samuel Reitzel
High Street
Robert Fornwall
Horst
Race Street
William Clouser
Charles Schell
George Etter
Marie Lockard
Bessie Huel
Annie Schell
Lydia Behman
Mary Schell
Alice Houser
Charlotte Schell
Town
Hazel Rich
Columbia
Mary Rhodes
Harrisburg
Emma Ackerman
Washington Boro
Eugene Umberhan
Lebanon
Charles Whitman
Ladies’ Aid Society
Methodist Church
Goldman Sees U S Uprising
New York reports Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman face deportation to Russia after detention on Ellis Island. More than fifty radicals accompanied them as writs of habeas corpus are sought to halt deportation. The scene included tears and farewell to comrades.
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Berkman
New York
United States
Soviet America
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Ellis Island
Russia
Goldman
Stella Comyn
H. Hockstein
Weinberger
Emma
Cabinet Discusses the Coal Situation Not Public
Washington reports the Cabinet discussed the coal situation with Fuel Administrator Garfield and Director General Hines presenting no new action. Garfield and Justice officials met with the bituminous operators committee which defended its position against reports of a proposed compromise with strikers. Operators said no compromise on wage demands and price increases will occur.
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Washington
Garfield
Hines
Department of Justice
United States
Fuel Administration
Wilson in Good Shape Declares President Illness Clarified
Washington Dec 6 Senator Fall reported President Wilson is in good mental condition after a conference with Senators Fall and Hitchcock. He rejected claims of a brain lesion and said the President would be reassured despite possible disappointment following the illness.
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Wilson
Senator Fall
Washington
Senators Fall
Hitchcock
Fall
Moses
New Hampshire
Berlin Newspapers Say Entente Ultimatum Not Imminent
A wireless dispatch from Berlin states Berlin newspapers are unaware of any impending Entente ultimatum or arms manufacture ban linked to the protocol. It reports negotiations with Paris may resume and the Foreign Office denies Mueller’s resignation.
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London
Berlin
Entente
Paris
Foreign Office
Ministr
Mueller
Treaty With Hungary Ready to Be Signed
Paris December 6 The peace treaty with Hungary is ready for signing after the Supreme Council approved economic financial and reparation clauses. The council also approved frontier provisions fixing western Galicia within Poland. Plenipotentiaries including Count Albert Apponyi were appointed to sign once completed.
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Paris
Hungary
Supreme Council
Poland
Castlo-Slovakia
Galicia
Albert Apponyi
Jersey City Officials Protest Fuel Act Action on Coal
Jersey City officials and manufacturers declared the city in strong coal shape at a conference and adopted a resolution protesting any action under the fuel act sent to Fuel Administrator Garfield.
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Jersey City
N. J
Garfield
Resolution urged full operation to avoid economic waste
A late draft resolution stated that manufacturers with fuel supply must operate plants at full capacity whenever possible to prevent economic waste and avoid suffering and privation for workers. The measure argued that idle plants would harm workers and the broader economy.
Bigamist Sentenced to Four Years in Sing Sing
Frank H. Gibson, 52, convicted of bigamy after admitting five wives, was sentenced by County Judge Young at White Plains to four years and three months in Sing Sing prison. He noted poor eyesight pleading for mercy, but the judge rejected leniency citing his conduct with women.
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New York
Frank H. Gibson
Young
White Plains
Sing Sing
Gibson
Pennsylvania
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